1977 Holden Monaro - click to view eBay Auction

Up for auction is this 1977 HX GTS Monaro 308, 4 speed sedan. It is believed to be one of only a handful in special ordered Papaya GTS's as they weren't on the standard colour option list and it's the only one with Sienna trim.

This combination was more likely to be found on a SS Torana and appears to be the only one of it's kind and assumed to have been ordered through Holden and used as a display vehicle for the first 8 months of it's life. Being a special order it should have been paid for before the build but the build date is 2-1977 and it was sold 10-1977...

Seller included picture on eBay of the vehicle when it was brand new and said to be taken at one of the Holden plants. The vehicle is also on the cover of this current issue of Just Cars and when you search HX Monaro it often comes up as the image used along side the HX Monaro specifications.

The condition: Seller purchased this vehicle as an unfinished project, the original body had been soda blasted and striped to bare shell, doors emptied to shells and been restored in it's factory colours Papaya with HX GTS black outs and it's been done very well and no expence has been spared, the trim was made especially for this vehicle as Seinna vinal isn't available.

All the vinal was bought as a roll in the correct grain and then professionally colour changed to Seinna for this car and then stiched to make the seats, the vynal was also sent away so the door cards could be professionally vinal welded and reproduced so they would be identical to the rest of the vehicle, everything is new or reconditioned from the guage lenses to the parcel shelf, underfelt to the headlinner.

The motor was exchanged approx 5 years ago as a repco replacement motor and whilst it isn't the original it done little work as the vehicle was taken off the road shortly after and put into storage and then begain it's resto.

The chassis has also been changed at some point although we have gone through the steering and replaced the bushes and steering componets, it has new brakes, rotors and master cylinder, new suspession, exhaust and is very tidy underneath. No expence has been spared by the previous owner or since we got it and finished it

It's also on newly reconditioned GTS rims on new tyres with red stripes. We build cars like this for customers and from our expeirence this is about a 45-50k build not including the purchase price of the vehcile and presents it's self as a rare opportunity to purchase such a nice bulid without the effort or typical expence... the first serious buyer to view this vehicle will purchase it. Besides the fact that is a rare and interesting color combo with intersting history and notoriaty you could never build something like this for this money.